{"id":175,"date":"2005-07-22T12:54:55","date_gmt":"2005-07-22T17:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=175"},"modified":"2005-07-22T12:58:16","modified_gmt":"2005-07-22T17:58:16","slug":"wizard-entertainment-now-even-more-loathsome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=175","title":{"rendered":"Wizard Entertainment: Now Even More Loathsome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/upload_images\/_wizard.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" alt=\"wizard\" title=\"wizard\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A recent email from me to everyone I know invloved in or interested in comics:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nFirst off, let me apologize for the bulk email; however, in this case, it&#8217;s simply the best way to get the information out.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, If you&#8217;re receiving this email, then you are likely involved in some way with comics and may therefore already know that Wizard Entertainment recently announced it would be holding a convention in Atlanta starting in 2006.  If not, you can read about it here: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icv2.com\/articles\/home\/7230.html\">http:\/\/www.icv2.com\/articles\/home\/7230.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The show is scheduled June 30-July 2&#8230;the exact dates of Heroes-Con in Charlotte, NC, the oldest independently-owned comics convention in the country.  Heroes-Con is always held roughly at this time of the summer and these specific dates have been announced at least since this year&#8217;s convention, if not before.  It even appears that Wizard scheduled its Atlanta con as such deliberately and with full knowledge of the conflict (the info below is second-hand, obviously):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/7naso\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/7naso<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve attended this show in my home state of North Carolina for many years, first as a fan, then as a professional, and it is without a doubt the funnest, most friendly&#8211;and not to mention, as of late, one of the most indy\/alt comics friendly&#8211;shows around.  The folks that organize and run the show are standout individuals as well, and because of them,<br \/>\nthis show features things like free admission for kids and art auctions for charity that you won&#8217;t find at more corporate affairs.<\/p>\n<p>In short, I find this Wal-Mart-esque behavior from Wizard Entertainment inconsiderate, unscrupulous, unfriendly and downright rude.  If you feel the same, I urge you to boycott this show, as I plan to. <\/p>\n<p>Again, apologies for the rambling bulk email,<\/p>\n<p>-Ben Towle\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent email from me to everyone I know invloved in or interested in comics: First off, let me apologize for the bulk email; however, in this case, it&#8217;s simply the best way to get the information out. Anyway, If you&#8217;re receiving this email, then you are likely involved in some way with comics and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=175\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p46veT-2P","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}